speedo gear

[solowookie]

ok, all the dealerships up here are morons.

to make a long story short I've been trying to figure out what gear I should have in my t-case to make my speedometer accurate. I am running 4.10's with 31" tires.

I've tried my local dealers, and these guys are completely clueless. they told me I'd have to keep ordering differnent ones until I found one that would work???

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[dyeager535]

Call a BIG transmission place. Typically GM dealers farm out their transmission work, the one here that a local dealer farms out to, is huge, and the parts guys actually know what they are talking about. Thats where I used to get all of my stuff.

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Why insist on counting when the ring gear has the tooth counts stamped in?

 

[gokartergo]

What I was told at our local chevy dealer was. Figure out how far off your speedo is..Say your speedo says 80, And you are actually going 55. Means you are 25 mph off. Then count the teeth you have on both gears. Each tooth on the gears means 1.5 mph.. Then you can count to what teeth you need...Dan

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[solowookie]

Ok Dan that makes sense, but then it doesn't. if I am going 45, but I am actually going 40 then how many teeth should I have? this ratio seems like it would change depending on how fast you were going (gets off more the fast you are going)

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[xnoahx]

Its a ratio so it does depend on how fast you are going. Like if its 25 mph off, when you are going 5 mph its not reading 30. The faster you go the farther it will be off.

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[solowookie]

that I understand, but how does that play into figuring the gear teath??? it seems like if you were figuring it at one speed vs. another speed the teeth count would be different?

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[solowookie]

JMS,

only problem is the speedo was never accurate when I purchased this thing. thus how can I apply these forumla's?

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[Blazer79]

Maybe these guys can help: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.speedometershop.com>www.speedometershop.com</a>

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[MudNurI]

I was thinking the same stuff as solowookie, mines off quite a bit, but after reading all these answers on how to do it, holy crapola, I'm gonna keep my messed up speedo- I guess if I'm passing everyone, I'm going to fast, if everyone is passing me, I'm going to slow? that seems like a good formula for me, considering I have no idea what teeth are or where they are located LOL boy- who would have thought it was this complex to get a correct speedo-

OR JMS- you can just come up here for a vacation, count my teeth, and tell me what I need????LOL

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[gokartergo]

Right now, If my speedo says 85 that is right around 60.. So I am going to leave it that way untill I have to tear into my t-case...Then I will fix the problem..It is a PITA.Dan

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[Esteban86K5]

I didn't see anyone mention this, but I stopped by a speedometer shop today to see how much it would cost for them to calibrate it and it was only $75. he said they put it on a dyno-looking machine and compare the speedos( his and the trucks) and change the gear as needed. Said it only took about 45 min max. Just thought I'd give you another idea. I'll be stoppong by there soon to do mine.

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[jwduke]

Check out <a target="_blank" href=http://www.speedometershop.com/>http://www.speedometershop.com/</a> they make those adaptors to put inline of your speedo cable.

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